Monday, October 03, 2011

It's important to pay attention to the name the Holy One has for things.We name everything according to the number of legs it hasBut the Holy One names it according to what is inside.Moses had a rod. He thought its name was "staff";But inside its name was "dragonish snake."We thought the name "Omar" meant agitator against priests,But in eternity his name was "The One Who Believes."No one knows our name until our last breath goes out.

Sunday, October 02, 2011

"Our cultural conditioning tells us that the way we live is the way humans were meant to live from the beginning of time and that we have to hold on to this way of living even if it kills us." [Daniel Quinn, Pg. 145, If they Give You Lined Paper Write Sideways]

Now from an economist's perspective.

"People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather surrender any material part of their advantage."[The Age of Uncertainty, John Kenneth Galbraith]